This year we had great weather, perfect for a good run. I anticipated my first Turkey Trot 10K in many years. Usually I have a sore psoas by late November for one reason or another and just help out with the Santa Cruz Track Club instead of running. Maybe I'd do the 5K, or just shorter, unofficial. But I've had a great past 6 months with this issue and no real psoas trouble. I've been diligent with some, I think, helpful exercises and done some significant trail running with Vibram 5-Finger foot gloves helping encourage better running form, and was optimistic I'd be able to get in a 6 mile race w/o psoas pain. However, my beach run 2 days earlier was a hint this was not to be so... I had psoas pain after even an easy 2 miles. Nevertheless, I started off this Turkey Trot 10K at a good pace and intended to hold it, at my aerobic-set level. But before mile 1, I felt my hip psoas start to irritate my bursa and that just got worse and worse the rest of the race. Ouch. Worst runing pain since the Walnut Creek Half a year ago. But, still, the day was fun, seeing so many friends...